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F. E. BENTON.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 15. 1915.

Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

FRANCIS E. BENTON, 0F STOUGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 19 15.

Application filed May 15,. 1915. Serial No. 28,459.

To all whom it 112 (13 concern Be it known that I, FRANCIS E. BENTON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Stoughton, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lasts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in lasts and more particularly to such as are made in sections hinged together,one object of the invention being to provide simple and eflicient means for hinging the last-sections together and to so construct such means as to provide for adjustment to compensate for excessive play between the sections of the last and guard against lateral displacement.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a view of a last partly in longitudinal section; Fig. 2 is a view of a portion of a last in horizontal section showing my improvements in plan, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the hinge structure.

1 represents a last comprising sections 2, 3 hinged together, one or both sections of the last being cut away in the usual or any preferred manner with lasts of the type to which my invention relates to permit one section to be moved relatively to the other on the hinge connection.

In the present instance, the hinge comprises two members 4, 5, each of which may be made of a piece of sheet metal bent upon itself and formed at the folded edge with integral sleeves 6. The sleeves 6 of the hinge members are so disposed that when the hinge members are assembled, the sleeve portions will aline for the reception of a hinge pin 7. The leaves of each hinge memher are made with central elongated enlargements which cooperate to form a housing 8, through which a bolt or screw 9 passes. One end of each bolt or screw 9 is made with a head 10 having a slot for the reception of a screw driver, and the other end of each bolt or screw is threaded to enter a nut 11.

The nuts 11 are located within the sections 2, 3 of the last, and in order to permit their insertion, sockets may be made in said last sections, and after said nuts shall have been mserted into said sockets and become centrally disposed in the last sections, the sock ets may be plugged up as shown at 12.

The last sections are made with slots 13 to receive the hinge members and the walls of these slots may be made with grooves to accommodate the housing enlargements 8 on the hinge members. In order to guard against lateral displacement of the hinge members, the latter may be provided with nubs 15 to engage the walls of the slots.

In assembling the last sections, the hinge members will first be forced into the slots 13 and the screws caused to engage the nuts 11. The two last sections and the two hinge members may then be brought together and' the hinge pin 7 passed through the sleeves 6 of the hinge members.

Much difliculty has been encountered with lasts comprising hinged sections, on account of the sections working loose. My improvements provide means whereby this difliculty may be easily and quickly remedied by the user, and hence without necessity for forwarding the last for repairs to the maker. When the last sections become loose, it is simply necessary for the user to first remove the hinge pin and when he has separated the parts of the last, he may, with the use of a screw driver, tighten the screws 9 in the embedded nuts 11 and thus draw the hinge members inwardly. The hinge members may then again be assembled and the hinge pin inserted, when the two last sections will be again properly connected, and the play which previously existed will have been compensated for.

Slight changes might be made in the details of construction of my invention without departing from the spirit thereof or limiting its scope and hence I do not wish to restrict myself to the precise details herein set forth.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. The combination with two last sections and a hinge connecting said sections, of means for adjusting the members of the hinge relatively to the last sections.

2. The combination with two last sections,

hinge With respect to the last sections, said means comprismg screws mounted loosely on respective members of the hinge and nuts 15 in the respective last sections and receiving said screws.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. V

FRANCIS E. BENTON. Witnesses:

CHAs. E. Tom), VVILLIAM VVVRISK.

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